The couple hadn’t spoken, but the old woman couldn’t listen any longer, "I was the one who asked your parents to acknowledge her. Although your family is prestigious, her husband’s family is no ordinary household either. You don’t have to act like your family has suffered a great loss."
"Grandma, are you afraid that I won’t support my parents in the future and be unfilial to them, so you got my parents to have a goddaughter?"
"That is indeed the idea." The old woman’s gaze was cold, "So what?"
Mason Baker was furious, shouting at his parents, "You heard that, didn’t you?! This old lady is muddled, and you’re going along with her!"
Liora Hughes scolded, "This is your grandmother, not some old lady. Watch how you’re speaking!"
"Just because she’s your mother, you listen to her about everything. Have you ever thought about my feelings? I’m just fine on my own, I don’t need a sister or whatever!"
"You don’t need to be so upset. If you don’t acknowledge her, Lucy certainly doesn’t want to acknowledge you either. Don’t feel aggrieved. Today I make the decision: Lucy acknowledges your parents but not you, and you and she will not have a sibling relationship in the future." The old woman’s voice remained cold throughout, "Your parents’ decisions are not yours to make, your parents have always been kind and very filial, I can see you haven’t inherited that at all."
"Haha, very filial?" Mason sneered, "What’s there to brag about being foolishly filial? You’re so old and still causing trouble, why don’t you just hurry up and die! Living is just a bother!"
"Slap!" The crisp sound rang out, and Mason looked at the person who hit him, "Dad, you actually hit me?!!"
"Get out!" Jackson Baker’s expression was filled with rage.
"Fine, fine, I’ll go, I’m leaving now!"
As he walked out the door, the living room suddenly fell silent.
The old woman sighed, "You two sit down, I have something to say to you."
Jackson and Liora sat across from her.
"Mom, sometimes that kid gets foolish, don’t let his words anger you," Liora said cautiously.
"I’m fine." The old woman waved her hand, "Indeed, at such an age, I should have already been prepared for the end, originally had a few more years to live, but now have done things against the way of the world, indeed won’t live much longer."
"Mom," Liora hurriedly said, "don’t say such things, I don’t like to hear it."
"Everyone has this day." The old woman’s voice was calm, "People are like travelers on a train, some get off earlier, and some later, that’s the only difference, so even when that day comes, you don’t need to feel sad. Now, I want to tell you, Lucy is a good child. She was not favored by her family, her parents ignored and neglected her. Now that you are her parents, don’t break her heart, you must treat her well and fulfill your duties as parents. You will receive unexpected happiness because of it."
"Mom, rest assured, don’t you know what kind of people Wind Clear and I are?"
"Of course, I know what kind of people you two are, that’s why Lucy acknowledges you. She hasn’t overstepped, and you absolutely must not have such incorrect thoughts, just keep a normal mind."
"Listening to you," Liora agreed with her, "Aren’t you tired? Shall I help you back to your room to rest?"
Stellan Quinn started presenting herself in a new way to the public.
She opened a new Weibo account and updated several posts every day.
There were posts of her personally cooking, humorous quips, and photos of her donating to remote village schools and taking pictures with the children.
She spent a lot of money on major marketing accounts.
Under the promotion of these marketing accounts, many people started following her Weibo.
While there were still many mocking comments, it was clear that many soft-hearted people began to sympathize with her from a different angle.
The situation showed signs of gradually improving, which aligned with the Quinn Family’s goal.
After a few days of this, under Benjamin Quinn’s significant financial expenditure, Stellan Quinn actually participated in a very popular variety show.
This was to further clean up her image.
A host was arranged to ask about the previous marriage scam news.
"Stellan, actually, everyone is really curious. There was news before saying you scammed for marriage, and you never explained it. Can you tell us here what your sexual orientation really is..." Content originally comes from novel{f}ire.net
"I feel there’s nothing to explain. The clear are innocent. I didn’t expect it to escalate into an irreparable situation. I never scammed for marriage. My family and Jacob Green’s family were neighbors before; we grew up together. He knows exactly what kind of person I am. How could I scam him for marriage? He’s the CEO of the Green Group; how could an ordinary mind like mine scam him? I thought everyone could understand that, but it turns out not many people did. As for my sexual orientation, I can only say I have good female friends, but I’m not gay; I like men."
"And what about those photos? In everyone’s eyes, that’s solid evidence."
"The photo incident was out of desperation. A man pursuing me failed, and after knowing I was going to marry Jacob Green, he kidnapped me and forced me to take them as revenge. At that time, I couldn’t speak publicly about it because he threatened me, saying if I did, I’d never have peace in the latter half of my life."
The host asked again, "Then why can you speak out now?"
"As far as I know, that man died in a car accident a while ago..."
The host sighed, "I see."
This explanation neither offended Jacob Green, avoiding his retaliation against the Quinn Family, nor blamed a fabricated man for everything, exonerating her from culpability.
It was indeed a clever move.
Only, as Stellan Quinn tried to redeem herself, Jacob Green just wouldn’t let her have her way.
He would never allow the Quinn Family to have more say.
No matter how much Benjamin Quinn spent, when Jacob Green made his move, all segments involving Stellan Quinn in the show were cut, and moreover, her Weibo account was banned, and any news about Stellan Quinn on major forums and Weibo was completely blocked. Not just blocking news, but also their family names, mixing upper and lower case letters, pinyin mixed in—only short of blocking the word ’Quinn’ itself.
This infuriated the Quinn Family to no end.
Stellan Quinn was driven to tears of anger.
"How can he be so against me?!!! I haven’t even said anything bad about him or accused him, even made up a nonexistent man, and yet he completely banned me, giving me no chance to live well..."
"This damn bastard!" Autumn Fletcher exclaimed indignantly, "In my view, he’s just afraid that we might have even a slight say in front of the public, so he’s completely blocking our path, trying to leave us no way out."